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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 330, 16 April 1928, Page 2

SHIPPING. FOR SYDNEY (from Auckland direct). ULIMAROA Indefinite FOR SYDNEY from Wellington direct). ULIMAROA Indefinite Fitted with wireless telegraphy. Surgeon carried. Office: QUAY STREET Copp. Queen’s Wharf). Phone 42-183. fmiiismiftiiisn 1 U C K X. A X D - W A I U K RELIABLE MOTOR SERVICE Leaves Waiuku: Leaves Auckland: Daily, 8.15 a.m. Sun Office, 4.30 pm. G.P.0., 4.35 p.m. Saturday, 5.30 p.m. Sunday, 7.30 p.m. FARES: Waiuku-Mauku .. 3 0 Waiuku-Patumalioe 3 6 Waiuku-Drury .. .. 5 o Return 10 0 Waiuku-Papakura 6 0 Return 10 0 Waiuku-Auckland 6 0 Return 10 o Auckland-Papakura .. .. 3 6 Auckland-Drury 4 0 Auckland-Patumahoe .... 5 0 Bookings The Sun Office, Auckland Phono 46-820. F. C. Alexander, Waiuku. Phone 179. MOTOR SERVICES.

X> OTORUA MOTOR TRANSPORT CO., * LTD., WHITE STAR MOTOR SERVICES:—ROTORUA TO WHAKATANE, OPOTIKI AND GISBORNE, DAILY, 6 A.M. (Sunday in lieu of Monday), TO ■WHAKATANE ONLY, 5.30 P.M. TAURANGA TO WHAKATANE, OPOTIKI AND GISBORNE, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS, AND VICE VERSA. FARES.—WHAKATANE, 20s; OPOTIKI, 30s; GISBORNE, 555. (ALL PASSENGERS FULLY INSURED AGAINST ACCIDENT). Phones 19 and 353, Wires “Motoco,” Rotorua. Book with Thos. Cook and Son, Government Tourist Bureau, or Johnstone, Blue Taxis, Phone 42-468. Edwards qun service D WARDS OUN SERVICE HUNTLY, ROTOWARO, GLEN AFTON, PUKEMIRO. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. SATURDAY: Leaves PUKEMIRO, 4.40 p.m. lIUNTLY, 5.30 p.m. BOOKING OFFICES: HUNTLY J.- KING PUKEMIRO .. .. .. .. A. EDWARDS AUCKLAND .. .. The Sun, Phone 46-S2O AUCKLAND—CLEVEDON ROYAL MAIL SERVICE. Leaves CLEVEDON daily at 9 a.m. CIVIC SQUARE, AUCKLAND, daily at 4 p.m. Fare: 4s Single; 7s Return. V. A. BROWN, Proprietor. PASSENGER TRANSPORT CO., LTD. (Yellow and Black Buses) MOTOR BUS SERVICE BUCKLANDS BEACH CITY. TIME-TABLE WEEK-DAYS Buckland’s Beach. 7.45 a.m. SUNDAYS • Leave Buckland’s Beach 11.0 a.m. 5.30 p.m. T. DUNDERDALE, Manager. Phone, 12-556.

SALE OF THE A.A.O. LINE.—Sale of the three remaining: Government-owned cargo services on the Pacific Coast to three different business organisations for the sum-total of 3,743,661 dollars was approved by the Shipping Board on February 16. The transaction involves 39 ships, totalling 354,000 tons d.w. Transfer of the vessels to their new owners will be commenced as soon as sales contracts are signed, and each vessel will be delivered upon its next arrival in port. At the time the bids were received, on February 10, Chairman O’Connor, of the U.S. Shipping Board, expressed his satisfaction at the results and deemed it a signal victory for an American merchant marine ultimately to be privately owned and operated on a permanent basis. By this action the Government steps entirely out of the shipping business on the Pacific Coast, | and that portion of the American merchant marine which operates from that coast comes under the ownership of private interests who guarantee to maintain regular services over prescribed routes for a period of five years. In addition to this guarantee, the new owners agree to give six months’ notice in the event of abandonment or curtailment of the liner services being contemplated by them. The sales,to be made in accordance with the action of the board are as follows: The America Australia Orient Line, which operates a fleet of 21 ships out of San Francisco and Los Angeles to ports in Australia, Is T cw Zealand, Philippines, China and Japan, is sold to a corporation owned and operated by the Matson Navigation Company and the American Hawaiian Steamship Company. The price which they will pay for the vessels and the goodwill of the line is 1,931.755.50 dollars. The sum of

55,534.55 dollars, or 2£ per cent, of the total purchase price, was paid when the bid was submitted. An additional 22i per cent, of the purchase price of each ship will be paid on delivery of the vessels. The balance, or 75 per cent, of the total, will be paid over a period of seven and one-half years, with interest on unpaid balances at the rate of 4} per cent., payable semi-annually. Payments to the board will be made annually. Under its sales agreement, the new owners of this line will maintain monthly

sailings from San Francisco to Japan and North China ports; monthly sailings from those American ports to South China, both China routes including Shanghai; monthly sailings from Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco and Los Angeles to New Zealand ports; and monthly sailings front these four American ports to Australian ports. The service to other ports on both sides of the Pacific will also be provided when the performance of such service will not interfere witl\ maintenance ‘of the regular prescribed schedule.